Brussels, 20/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 18 September, the European Commission published its annual report for 2006 on the activities of EURODAC, the EU-wide biometric tool which helps determine which member state is responsible for examining asylum claims. Figures show that in 2006 the number of recorded requests for asylum fell, while the number of persons registered as having illegally crossed borders rose significantly (up 64% on 2005). In 2006, EURODAC processed 165,958 sets of...